Board Thread:Pokémon Help/@comment-31398341-20171026040947/@comment-31796688-20180320122848

''"Smogon bans it. Smogon is so big that everyone follows their rulesets. This is partly why I don’t play smogon. It’s good for getting an idea for what sets you want to run but after that I might add evasion/accuracy moves (if need be)." ''

The PBB metagame has nothing to do with Smogon. Stop bringing this up.

"Thanks to this, no one is prepared when faced with evasion. So often lose. I once saw a battle where someone was faced with this and you know what they did. They timer stalled the opponent to force them into a forfeit. It’s disgusting."

This is the point we are trying to make. Evasion is basically a wincon because of how it turns any competitive strategies on their heads. The person had to timer stall because they didn't want to deal with the disgusting practice of evasion.

"Seriously evasion isn’t even the most common sets. I went to the PGL and had a look at usum’s current rating battles (this metagame allows evasion and sleep) and evasion even wasn’t a dominant play style at all."

Again, this has nothing to do with the PBB meta. Nobody uses it because it's seen as unsportsmanlike and cheap.

"Can’t deny that I had some fun with evasion. If you begin to see some evasion set you take them down ASAP. Can we all just agree to disagree now and leave this argument. Just rank the minimise clefable/any other evasion users. Personally I think a set like that would be A rank. Not S rank material because of how uncommon it is and that checks and counters can prevent this with ease."

From my perspective, it looks like you're defending evasion because it nets you easy wins. I can't stop you from using this cheap method, but I can argue that evasion is unfair and shouldn't be ranked.

Evasion is a cheap way for unskilled players to rack up BP and rank. Instead of building a proper team and learning matchups and sets, they rely on RNG and trashy tactics to carry them.

I rest my case. Evasion should never be ranked on this thread. Not now, not tomorrow, not ever.